I will praise any man that will praise me.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Travel teaches toleration.

Why regret anything? Where does it get you to regret anything you’ve ever done in your life? It gets you nowhere. It’s a pathetic emotion that you can wallow in.

Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

I don’t want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing that they did, I’m completely confused. I’m like, ‚Didn’t you make that movie already?‘ I’ve been very fortunate, and I’m well taken care of, so the least I can do is try to go forward.

I’m not a person who defends myself very often. I kind of let my actions speak for me.

I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it’s spoken.

The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you’re above everybody else.

Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.

I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it’s not like I am hopeless.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.

Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized – never knowing.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

I’ve been careful in love. I’ve been careless in love. And I’ve had adventures I wouldn’t trade for anything.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

When I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again.

The world around me has changed, and I have learned to adapt but not change. But I’m changing into the woman I am meant to be.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

Be not a slave of words.

I’m perpetually lonely.

It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts.

It is better to do one’s own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

I was in my late thirties when my eyes were opened to truth in God’s Word that showed me I wasn’t living the abundant life Jesus died for me to have. I had a very negative mindset and was miserable most of the time because of the abuse I had experienced throughout my childhood.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn’t feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.

I have never given adoration to any body except myself.

Whenever I write a novel, I have a strong sense that I am doing something I was unable to do before. With each new work, I move up a step and discover something new inside me.

I don’t want to be something that just comes and goes.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Because my dad abused me, I was determined to never let a man tell me what to do. God clearly showed me that I needed to be a submissive wife if I wanted to be effective in ministry. The truth is, if we don’t learn to submit to authority, we won’t ever learn to submit to God.

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

Through my films I’m eventually trying to one day tell the truth. I don’t know if I’m ever going to get there, but I’m slowly letting pieces of myself out there and then maybe by the time I’m 85, I’ll look back and say, ‚All right, that about sums it up.‘

I want people to draw strength from me.

Now that I understand that I’m an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.

Whether I’m wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I’m always the same person inside.

So when these people sell out, even though they get fabulously rich, they’re gypping themselves out of one of the potentially most rewarding experiences of their unfolding lives. Without it, they may never know their values or how to keep their newfound wealth in perspective.

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over their life.

I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think, ‚What a waste of energy.‘ If people want to believe in this god or that god, that’s fine by me; believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.

People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can’t knock it.

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

There is nothing your highest self wants more than peace. This peace makes you feel worthy of all of the richest blessings of the universe, and when you radiate this out into the world, it is returned to you without fail.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other’s faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

Never complain. Never explain.

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy.

Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality.

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don’t think they’re teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who’s saying that – a guy who was 300 pounds – but I’m doing a lot better than I used to. I’m letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. I know, because for many years my life was not peaceful, and I was miserable.

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.

It is only to the individual that a soul is given.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

Don’t feel sorry for me.